Invitation letter from organizing committee

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Executive Committee of International Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Associations and Acibadem University Laboratory Animal Application and Research Center and all members the organizing committee, it is our pleasure to introduce the 43rd International Applied Laparoscopic Urology Course, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey between 11-12 August, 2017.

The purpose of this course is to exchange and share up to date Developments in Laparoscopic Urology training. ESU/ESUT training research board has developed and validated a comprehensive program of education and assessment of the basic fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery namely E-BLUS. This basic laparoscopic training program is including a theoretical and practical exam which will be certified by the EAU.

This advanced course is based on the ESUT advanced laparoscopy training program which has been developed by the ESUT laparoscopy training group experts. The program is based on the different laparoscopic urological operations in pig model.

We aim to share our experience and knowledge on various aspects of the laparoscopy training with our colleagues and participants and looking forward to welcome you in Applied Laparoscopic Urology Course in a wonderful transcontinental historical city.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEEAli Rıza KuralHonorary Course President

Yasar OzgokCourse President

Ali Serdar Gozen International Course Coordinator

Invited Speaker

Adrian Joyce

Course SecretaryYilmaz Aslan

Course TrainersYigit Akin

Mert Altinel

Murat Arslan

Yilmaz Aslan

Mutlu Ates

Erem Kaan Basok

Erdem Canda

Ali Serdar Gozen

Cenk Gurbuz

Selcuk Guven

Yasar Ozgok

Lutfi Tunc

Burak Turna

Ilter Tufek

*In alphabetical order

GENERAL INFORMATIONVENUES & DATESTraining Center; Center Of Advanced Simulation & Education (CASE) Acibadem University, Istanbul, TURKEY2-days Basic & Advanced Laparoscopic Urology Course; 11-12 Agust, 2017

Course Content:Theoretical and Video-LecturesEuropean Basic Laparoscopic Urological Skills (E-BLUS) programBasic Laparoscopy Training in Lap SimulatorsESUT Advanced Laparoscopy Training Program (in Animal Model)

The Number of Participants:A total of 32 trainees grouped into 2 groups of 16 trainees each.Depending on the type of exercise to be done each group will be further divided as follows: 1. Hands-on laparoscopic training on pigs: 2 trainees per pig 2. Training box practice: 1 trainee per simulator

1-Theoretical Course Content:Theoretical Lectures and Video Presentation1- Urologic laparoscopic equipment2- Preparation of operating room 3- Laparoscopic access techniques, port positions4- Training boxes, simulators and animal models in urologic laparoscopy training5- Laparoscopicurologic procedures 6- Complications of laparoscopic surgery

2-Practical Course Content:European Basic Laparoscopic Urological Skills (E-BLUS)Level I : Pelvi-box trainerExercise I : Peg TransferExercise II : Cutting a CircleExercise III : Needle Transfer and GuidanceExercise IV : Laparoscopic Knot Tying and Suturing

Level II: Laparoscopy SimulatorsBimanual dexterity and knotting-suturing excercices

Level III: Animal laboratoryTask I : Access: Inserting a Veress needle,establishing of a pneumoperitoneum and trocar placement Task II : Preparing the testicular vein. Performing a varicocelectomy.Task III : Preparing the ureter. Performing an ureteroureterostomy (ureterolithotomy)Task IV : Performing a renal hilus dissection. (renal artey, vein, vena cava, aorta)Task V : Performing a partial nephrectomy (hilus control, tumor resection and reconstruction)Task VI : Performing a nephrectomy: kidney dissection, hilus control, clipping and cutting and placing the kidney in an organ bag.

11 August, 2017 Friday

08.30 - 09.15 Opening Speech

Ali Rıza Kural / Head of Robotic Surgery&Urology Dept. of Acibadem Maslak Hospital Nibbras Al Hamdani / Iraqi Urology Association, President Yasser Farahat / Arab Association of Urology , Secretary General Iraklis Poulias / Hellenic Urological Association, President Yasar Ozgok / IRLSA, President Cevdet Erdol / University of Health Sciences, Rector

09.15 - 10.30 Lectures Preparation of operating room for laparoscopy Cenk Gürbüz Trocar positions for different laparoscopic operations Selcuk Guven Training models in training boxes and E-BLUS Ali Serdar Gozen Pig model in urologic laparoscopy Pelin C. Erkasap (ACU-CASE) Urologic laparoscopic operations in pig model Yilmaz Aslan

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 13.00 Video Presentation Laparoscopic Renal Cyst Excision Yigit Akin Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty Erem Kaan Basok Laparoscopic Simple Nephrectomy Mert Altınel Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy Murat Arslan Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Burak Turna Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Ali Serdar Gozen Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Ilter Tufek Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy Yasar Ozgok Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Cystectomy Erdem Canda Complications in Laparoscopic Urology for Beginners Mutlu Ates

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 17.00 Training part of E-BLUS

Supervisor: Ali Serdar Gozen

Tutors: Yasar Ozgok, Lutfi Tunc, Murat Arslan, Yigit Akin

Paralell session: Training in Lap Simulators

Tutors: Cenk Gurbuz, Selcuk Guven, Yilmaz Aslan, Burak Turna

12 August, 2017 Saturday

09.00 - 10.15 Lectures "National Publication of Surgeon Outcomes data Adrian Joyce does it promote Quality surgery?"

Laparoscopic Anatomical Tips nad Tricks Lutfi Tunc Physiologic complications of laparoscopic surgery Mert Altinel Surgical complications of laparoscopic surgery Ali Riza Kural Laparoscopic surgery in uro-oncology Levent Tuncay

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break

10.45 - 13.30 Laparoscopic training on pigs and training boxes Laparoscopic training on pigs Group A1-8 (16 persons, Two trainee for each table) Group A1: Trainer 1 Group A2: Trainer 2 Group A3: Trainer 3 Group A4: Trainer 4 Group A5: Trainer 5 Group A6: Trainer 6 Group A7: Trainer 7 Group A8: Trainer 8

Pelvi-box trainer and training in lap simulator Group B1-8 (16 persons, Two trainee for each box) Group B1: Trainer 9 Group B2: Trainer 10 Group B3: Trainer 11 Group B4: Trainer 12 Group B5: Trainer 13 Group B6: Trainer 14 Group B7: Trainer 15 Group B8: Trainer 16

13.30 - 14.15 Lunch break

12 August, 2017 Saturday

14.15 - 17.00 Laparoscopic training on pigs and training boxes Laparoscopic training on pigs Group B1-8 (16 persons, Two trainee for each box) Group B1: Trainer 9 Group B2: Trainer 10 Group B3: Trainer 11 Group B4: Trainer 12 Group B5: Trainer 13 Group B6: Trainer 14 Group B7: Trainer 15 Group B8: Trainer 16

Pelvi-box trainer and training in lap simulator Group A1-6 (12 persons, Two trainee for each box) Group A1: Trainer 1 Group A2: Trainer 2 Group A3: Trainer 3 Group A4: Trainer 4 Group A5: Trainer 5 Group A6: Trainer 6 Group A7: Trainer 7 Group A8: Trainer 8